Crispin Odey: “It Feels Lonely Being Bearish”

zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Apr 20, 2017 10:40 AM In Crispin Odey’s latest letter to investors, the billionaire hedge fund manager laments “how quickly everything has changed”, notes that “without the reflation fireworks, equity markets feel vulnerable”, and concludes that while a year ago it was easy to be bearish – China was slowing, world trade…

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Spreads Widen at Bitcoin Exchanges Amid Bitfinex Banking Issues

Bitfinex’s banking issues appear to be affecting the wider bitcoin exchange markets. As fiat withdrawal problems at the world’s largest US dollar bitcoin exchange continued today, the spread between bitcoin prices observed on Bitfinex and other international exchanges surged, rising to more than $90, or roughly 7%, in some cases. At approximately 17:15 UTC, for…

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Bullish Bitcoin Price Nears $1,250 at 30-Day High

Bitcoin price is pushing higher in a continuing rally that began in the last days of March leading into April. On April 20th, bitcoin value reached $1,243.9 on the Bitstamp Price Index (BPI). Bitcoin is now trading at its highest values in over 30 days, comparing to prices during a recovery from the Winklevoss ETF…

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Research Shows How Bitcoin Can Be Attacked Via Internet Routing Infrastructure

Researchers from ETH Zurich and the Hebrew University have found how “internet routing attacks” and “malicious Internet Service Providers (ISPs)” can attack the Bitcoin network. In their research paper entitled “Hijacking Bitcoin: Routing Attacks on Cryptocurrencies”, they describe the attacks as well as countermeasures against them. The paper will be presented at the 2017 IEEE Symposium…

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Bitcoin Price Watch; 1300 Just Around The Corner!

Another day done in our bitcoin price trading efforts is drawing to a close, and it’s been one that has been pretty good to us. We noted in our coverage this morning that the bitcoin price seemed to be settling down a bit, and that we we’re expecting some degree of sideways trading today, as…

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Why Bonds Aren’t Overvalued

zerohedge.com / by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com / Apr 20, 2017 9:41 AM Doug Kass wrote a very interesting piece this week on the bond market: “As overvalued as I believe the U.S. stock market may be, fixed-income instruments may be even more overvalued. Yesterday the 10-year note was yielding 2.21% — the lowest yield since last Nov.…

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Bitcoin MSB Exemption Goes to New Hampshire Governor for Approval

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Wire Transfer Problems Worsen for Digital Currency Exchange Bitfinex

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IMF Holds Private Blockchain Focused Advisory Meeting

IMF held today its first high-level advisory meeting on Fintech with most of the focus being on blockchain technology. According to IMF’s website, the focus was on discussing: How new technologies can disrupt the nature and provision of financial services and the implications that these changes may have for financial stability and regulation. A number of…

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